Guidewire Inserted Chest Tube

• Place using local anesthetic and sedation.
• Single lumen, radiopaque, polyurethane catheter with multiple fenestrations.
• Allows for repeated drainage of effusion without sedation and complications of repeated needle centesis.
• Use for pyothorax, hemothorax, pneumothorax, emergency peritoneal lavage and pericardial drain.
• Insertion using the Seldinger/catheter-over-guidewire technique.
• Normally closed bi-directional valve with luer adapters prevents air from entering chest.
• Additional suture wing for secure adjustment and attachment.
• Multiple drainage holes:
  • 14Ga fenestrated up to 4cm or 8cm mark
  • 12Ga fenestrated up to 6cm or 15cm mark
  • 12Fr fenestrated up to 16cm mark.
• Kits include introducers: guidewire, dilator, catheter, suture wings and neutral displacement valve.

MILA Guidewire Inserted Chest Tube Video

Chest Tube (Thoracic Drainage Catheter) Placement
Contributed by: VetVine Specialty Consulting Service and Elisa Mazzaferro; MS, DVM, PhD, DACVECC

Pneumothorax Catheter Placement Video contributed by TJ Animal Health

 
Chest Tube Discussion by Michael Ethier; DVM, DVSc, DACVECC -Toronto Veterinary Emergency and Referral Hospital.

Sample Case by Jerry Jensen, EMT-P, CVT, VTS(ECC)
Veterinary Specialty Center; Buffalo Grove, IL

JSAP Article entitled Evaluation of small-bore wire-guided chest drains for management of pleural space disease. by C. Valtolina and S. Adamantos; The Royal Veterinary College; Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA

 Article about the Management of Canine Pericardial Effusion